MONTHLY WEBINARS
"How Parental Alienation Deniers ZealotryMakes Them Dangerous"
On Sunday, June 2, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children's Rights presents Dr. Kathleen Reay and Dr. Lynn Steinberg presents in a webinar. titled "How Parental Alienation Deniers Zealotry Makes Them Dangerous". This will be aired exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0qET_H81bIcf7b55UHxhKQ
The issue of parental alienation has been acknowledged and discussed in legal and scholarly literature throughout the United States and Europe for more than two centuries. Unfortunately, discussions regarding this matter have become increasingly contentious. Individuals who have personally encountered instances of alienation—including parents, grandparents, and extended family members—confirm its occurrence, characterizing it as an extremely distressing and traumatic experience for any family to face. In today’s presentation, we will explore how proponents opposing the recognition of parental alienation adopt a fervently dismissive stance that can prove harmful. We will critically address ten key areas where misinformation is commonly spread by deniers of parental alienation. Substantive evidence will be provided to counteract these misconceptions in each area discussed.
Dr. Kathleen M. Reay is an internationally recognized expert in high-conflict divorce, parental alienation, parent-child estrangement, and child emotional abuse and related trauma. Dr. Reay has significant experience providing print, radio, podcast, and television interviews worldwide. Her clinical career has been dedicated to helping alienated children and their families move forward. She has worked with 5,000 plus alienated children and their families in varying roles: clinical practitioner in private practice, child custody evaluator, expert witness, coach, consultant and the Founder and Clinical Director of the Family Reflections Reunification Program for Severely Alienated Children and Their Families. Dr. Reay is the author or co-author of several peer-reviewed published Parental Alienation research studies. Her 2011 book "Toxic Divorce: A Workbook for Alienated Parents" won International Book Awards in 2012 – 1st Place Winner in the Parenting/Family: Divorce category and Award-Winning Finalist in the Self-Help: Relationships category. Dr. Reay’s newest book “Blindsided by Parental Alienation: Proven Strategies to Reconnect with Your Child” will be published soon.
Dr. Lynn Steinberg has been a therapist for 50 years. Throughout the years she has focused on domestic violence and sexual abuse. As an expert witness in the courts, she adds to her expertise parental alienation, coercive control and false allegations. She testifies throughout the country and even the world. Dr. Steinberg was the first expert witness to use coercive control as a form of domestic violence and therefore parental alienation. She has written a book “You’re Not Crazy: Overcoming Parent /Child Alienation”, a self-help book for alienated parents in the court system. Dr. Steinberg has also dealt with the legislature in California regarding Child Testimony in the courts and Kayden’s Law.
#drkathleenreay
#drlynnsteinberg
#howparentalalienationdenierszealotrymakesthemdangerous
#familyaccessfightingforchildrensrights
#familiesdividedtvyoutubechannel
On Sunday, June 2, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children's Rights presents Dr. Kathleen Reay and Dr. Lynn Steinberg presents in a webinar. titled "How Parental Alienation Deniers Zealotry Makes Them Dangerous". This will be aired exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0qET_H81bIcf7b55UHxhKQ
The issue of parental alienation has been acknowledged and discussed in legal and scholarly literature throughout the United States and Europe for more than two centuries. Unfortunately, discussions regarding this matter have become increasingly contentious. Individuals who have personally encountered instances of alienation—including parents, grandparents, and extended family members—confirm its occurrence, characterizing it as an extremely distressing and traumatic experience for any family to face. In today’s presentation, we will explore how proponents opposing the recognition of parental alienation adopt a fervently dismissive stance that can prove harmful. We will critically address ten key areas where misinformation is commonly spread by deniers of parental alienation. Substantive evidence will be provided to counteract these misconceptions in each area discussed.
Dr. Kathleen M. Reay is an internationally recognized expert in high-conflict divorce, parental alienation, parent-child estrangement, and child emotional abuse and related trauma. Dr. Reay has significant experience providing print, radio, podcast, and television interviews worldwide. Her clinical career has been dedicated to helping alienated children and their families move forward. She has worked with 5,000 plus alienated children and their families in varying roles: clinical practitioner in private practice, child custody evaluator, expert witness, coach, consultant and the Founder and Clinical Director of the Family Reflections Reunification Program for Severely Alienated Children and Their Families. Dr. Reay is the author or co-author of several peer-reviewed published Parental Alienation research studies. Her 2011 book "Toxic Divorce: A Workbook for Alienated Parents" won International Book Awards in 2012 – 1st Place Winner in the Parenting/Family: Divorce category and Award-Winning Finalist in the Self-Help: Relationships category. Dr. Reay’s newest book “Blindsided by Parental Alienation: Proven Strategies to Reconnect with Your Child” will be published soon.
Dr. Lynn Steinberg has been a therapist for 50 years. Throughout the years she has focused on domestic violence and sexual abuse. As an expert witness in the courts, she adds to her expertise parental alienation, coercive control and false allegations. She testifies throughout the country and even the world. Dr. Steinberg was the first expert witness to use coercive control as a form of domestic violence and therefore parental alienation. She has written a book “You’re Not Crazy: Overcoming Parent /Child Alienation”, a self-help book for alienated parents in the court system. Dr. Steinberg has also dealt with the legislature in California regarding Child Testimony in the courts and Kayden’s Law.
#drkathleenreay
#drlynnsteinberg
#howparentalalienationdenierszealotrymakesthemdangerous
#familyaccessfightingforchildrensrights
#familiesdividedtvyoutubechannel
"GRANDPARENTS' EXPERIENCE OF BEING ALIENATED FROM THEIR GRANDCHILDREN"
On Sunday, June 23, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children's Rights presents Dr. Mandy Matthewson in a webinar titled "Grandparents' Experience of Being Alienated From their Grandchildren". This will be aired exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0qET_H81bIcf7b55UHxhKQ
This presentation will provide a summary of research into grandparents’ experience of being alienated from their grandchildren. Grandparents’ experiences of being exposed to parental alienating behaviours will be discussed. The types of losses associated with being alienated from their grandchildren will be described along with the ways grandparents cope with their experiences.
Dr Mandy Matthewson is a senior lecturer and head researcher in the Family and Interpersonal Relationships Research Lab at the University of Tasmania. She is a clinical psychologist in private practice. Dr Matthewson has worked with many families and individuals affected by parental alienating behaviours. She has published numerous peer reviewed papers on parental alienation and is co-author of the book Understanding and Managing Parental Alienation: A guide to assessment and treatment.
#drmandymatthewson
#grandparentsexperienceofbeingalienatedfromtheirgrandchildren
#familyaccessfightingforchildrensrights
#familiesdividedtv
On Sunday, June 23, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children's Rights presents Dr. Mandy Matthewson in a webinar titled "Grandparents' Experience of Being Alienated From their Grandchildren". This will be aired exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0qET_H81bIcf7b55UHxhKQ
This presentation will provide a summary of research into grandparents’ experience of being alienated from their grandchildren. Grandparents’ experiences of being exposed to parental alienating behaviours will be discussed. The types of losses associated with being alienated from their grandchildren will be described along with the ways grandparents cope with their experiences.
Dr Mandy Matthewson is a senior lecturer and head researcher in the Family and Interpersonal Relationships Research Lab at the University of Tasmania. She is a clinical psychologist in private practice. Dr Matthewson has worked with many families and individuals affected by parental alienating behaviours. She has published numerous peer reviewed papers on parental alienation and is co-author of the book Understanding and Managing Parental Alienation: A guide to assessment and treatment.
#drmandymatthewson
#grandparentsexperienceofbeingalienatedfromtheirgrandchildren
#familyaccessfightingforchildrensrights
#familiesdividedtv
"Fear and Loathing in PA Cases; Post Traumatic Stress Derails Parents and Can Make Things Worse, But Help is Out There"
On Sunday, July 7, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children's Rights presents Melanie Gill and Dr. Chip Chimera in a webinar titled "Fear and Loathing in PA Cases; Post Traumatic Stress Derails Parents and Can Make Things Worse, But Help is Out There".This will be aired exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0qET_H81bIcf7b55UHxhKQ
Attachment findings show that when parents break up a specific form of post-traumatic stress can take over depending on what’s gone before. PTS effects can derail both parents and make the potential for reducing conflict impossible. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing ( EMDR) can help stop the triggering of anger, fear, and hostility. Chip and Melanie will explain how PTS develops and how EMDR works to change it.
Melanie Gill is an attachment expert, specialist psychologist and forensic consultant. She has over 15 years’ experience working as an expert witness assessing very complex cases involving parental alienation. She has a broad range of training taking in attachment and forensic assessment which yields very detailed and nuanced analyses of all family members. She has been a very vocal campaigner on PA for years. Over the last two years she has been targeted by women’s groups, radical feminists, and a group of psychologists who have aligned with PA deniers and domestic violence campaigners. She has been accused of being a charlatan, fraud, and a danger to the public so must be doing something right. In the last month, the accusations came to a head in the High Court in England in a landmark case in which PA was described as pseudo-science. She and PA were exonerated. Not in the eyes of the media though so misinformation still abounds.
Dr Chip Chimera is a systemic family psychotherapist and psychodrama psychotherapist. She is also trained in EMDR for trauma work. Chip is an educator and trainer who worked for over 20 years at the Institute of Family Therapy in London. She has an independent therapy practice and in that context has also worked for many years with families where alienation has occurred or is alleged. Families are often referred by the Courts in England for ‘assessment for therapy’. This involves a full assessment of family dynamics, attachment strategies and the potential for change.
#melaniegill
#drchipchimera
#fearandloathinginpacasesposttraumaticstressderailsparentsandcanmakethingsworsebuthelpisoutthere
#familyaccessfightingforchildrensrights
#familiesdividedtvyoutubechannel
On Sunday, July 7, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT, Family Access-Fighting for Children's Rights presents Melanie Gill and Dr. Chip Chimera in a webinar titled "Fear and Loathing in PA Cases; Post Traumatic Stress Derails Parents and Can Make Things Worse, But Help is Out There".This will be aired exclusively on our Families Divided TV you tube channel.
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0qET_H81bIcf7b55UHxhKQ
Attachment findings show that when parents break up a specific form of post-traumatic stress can take over depending on what’s gone before. PTS effects can derail both parents and make the potential for reducing conflict impossible. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing ( EMDR) can help stop the triggering of anger, fear, and hostility. Chip and Melanie will explain how PTS develops and how EMDR works to change it.
Melanie Gill is an attachment expert, specialist psychologist and forensic consultant. She has over 15 years’ experience working as an expert witness assessing very complex cases involving parental alienation. She has a broad range of training taking in attachment and forensic assessment which yields very detailed and nuanced analyses of all family members. She has been a very vocal campaigner on PA for years. Over the last two years she has been targeted by women’s groups, radical feminists, and a group of psychologists who have aligned with PA deniers and domestic violence campaigners. She has been accused of being a charlatan, fraud, and a danger to the public so must be doing something right. In the last month, the accusations came to a head in the High Court in England in a landmark case in which PA was described as pseudo-science. She and PA were exonerated. Not in the eyes of the media though so misinformation still abounds.
Dr Chip Chimera is a systemic family psychotherapist and psychodrama psychotherapist. She is also trained in EMDR for trauma work. Chip is an educator and trainer who worked for over 20 years at the Institute of Family Therapy in London. She has an independent therapy practice and in that context has also worked for many years with families where alienation has occurred or is alleged. Families are often referred by the Courts in England for ‘assessment for therapy’. This involves a full assessment of family dynamics, attachment strategies and the potential for change.
#melaniegill
#drchipchimera
#fearandloathinginpacasesposttraumaticstressderailsparentsandcanmakethingsworsebuthelpisoutthere
#familyaccessfightingforchildrensrights
#familiesdividedtvyoutubechannel
SAVE THE DATES!!!
2024
Sunday, June 2, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT
Kathleen Reay, Ph. D and Lynn Steinberg, PH. D
"How Parental Alienation Deniers" Zealotry Makes Them Dangerous"
Sunday, June 23, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT
Mandy Matthewson, Ph. D, BA
"Grandparents' Experience of Being Alienated from their Grandchildren"
Sunday, July 7, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT
Melanie Gill, BSC and MSC/Pg. Dip
Chip Chimera, Prof Doc, MSc, Dil ASS, Dip Pd., CQSW
"Fear and Loathing in PA Cases; Post Traumatic Stress Derails Parents and Can Make Things Worse, But Help is Out There"
Sunday, August 4, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT
Randy Flood, MA, LLP and Zach Flood, MA, LLP
Sunday, September 8, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT
Bill Eddy, LCSW, ESQ
Sunday, October 6, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT
Carol Golly, Ph. D, LCSW, RPT-S
Sunday, October 20, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT
Edward Kruk, Ph. D, MSW
"The Presumptions of Responsible Fatherhood"
Sunday, November 3, 2024 @ 8 PM EDT
Megan Hunter, MBA
Sunday, December 1, 2024 @ 8 PM EST
Randy Flood, MA, LLP
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